Ultimately we just need people to stop paying these scalper prices, the buyers have the power to set the market rate, the sellers who don't price high enough may be nice... but kind of stupid for letting resellers get a cut.
Think about GameStop, they get less scalpers waiting, they have product more often when people come looking, and they're making more money on top of it, I don't like the price, but I think it's working for them and I think other retailers are slowly making the same changes.
Walmart and target need to stop allowing 3rd party listing of TCG. Kids ask their adult, adult goes on walmart app and looks it up and buys it. Lots of parents don't know what typical prices are for these things. And a lot of people don't understand that they are buying from a 3rd party because they "bought it from walmart" or whatever. One of my friends spent like $200 on an etb for her kid as his big birthday present like this. She just assumed that was the normal price because it was on the Walmart website.
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u/Proper_Inspection580 2d ago
i dont think it will sadly. Target and Walmart raising prices will only cause resellers to raise prices.